West Sussex village pub blaze: Residents speak of sadness as firefighter provides update

A major fire at a village pub near Chichester is now ‘under control’.

Firefighters were called to a ‘significant’ blaze at the Gribble Inn pub – in Gribble Lane, Oving – around 7.30pm on Thursday (February 27).

The pub, a 16th-century thatched cottage, was the scene of another major fire in July, 2014, when more than 90 firefighters were called.

After the latest fire, the pub has left in ruins and the owner and landlord were understandably too devastated too speak.

A firefighter at the scene gave us an update and we spoke to some local residents about the sadness in the community.